The first table below looks at the demand for the Automation Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Automation Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Automation Engineer
Rank 202 210 202
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Permanent jobs requiring an Automation Engineer 8 5 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.152% 0.091% 0.051%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.158% 0.095% 0.054%
Number of salaries quoted 8 5 3
Average salary £41,000 £30,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+36.66% -10.44%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £44,000 £37,250
% change year-on-year
-20.45% +18.12%
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5066 5265 5574
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.57% 95.45% 95.09%
Number of salaries quoted 4462 4544 4772
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Automation Engineer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Automation Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Automation Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Automation Engineer across the South West region.

South West Automation Engineer Salary Trend

Automation Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Automation Engineer within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bristol +5 6 £41,000 -8.88%
Gloucestershire - 1 £34,500 -
Automation Engineer
England

Automation Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Automation Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Automation Engineer in their job title.

1 15 (88.24%) C#
1 15 (88.24%) SQL
2 12 (70.59%) Web Services
3 10 (58.82%) QA
3 10 (58.82%) JavaScript
4 9 (52.94%) Scrum
5 8 (47.06%) E-Commerce
5 8 (47.06%) Marketing
5 8 (47.06%) JSON
5 8 (47.06%) Test Strategy
5 8 (47.06%) Analytics
5 8 (47.06%) Marketing Analytics
6 6 (35.29%) Selenium
6 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
7 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
7 5 (29.41%) Test Automation
8 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
8 4 (23.53%) HTML5
8 4 (23.53%) MbUnit
8 4 (23.53%) Silverlight
8 4 (23.53%) .NET
8 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
8 4 (23.53%) SOAP
9 3 (17.65%) ISEB
9 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
10 2 (11.76%) HTML
10 2 (11.76%) Degree
10 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
11 1 (5.882%) Finance
11 1 (5.882%) Retail

Automation Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West region that cited Automation Engineer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Automation Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (70.59%) Web Services
2 8 (47.06%) JSON
3 4 (23.53%) Silverlight
3 4 (23.53%) HTML5
3 4 (23.53%) .NET
3 4 (23.53%) SOAP
4 2 (11.76%) HTML
Development Applications
1 6 (35.29%) Selenium
2 4 (23.53%) WebDriver
2 4 (23.53%) MbUnit
2 4 (23.53%) Visual Studio
3 1 (5.882%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (47.06%) Marketing
2 1 (5.882%) Finance
2 1 (5.882%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) SCADA
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (52.94%) Scrum
2 8 (47.06%) E-Commerce
2 8 (47.06%) Test Strategy
2 8 (47.06%) Analytics
2 8 (47.06%) Marketing Analytics
3 5 (29.41%) Test Automation
3 5 (29.41%) Software Testing
4 3 (17.65%) Test Scripting
5 2 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) C#
1 15 (88.24%) SQL
2 10 (58.82%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.882%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 3 (17.65%) ISEB
2 2 (11.76%) Degree
3 1 (5.882%) HND
3 1 (5.882%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (58.82%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (35.29%) Microsoft
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